# 処

| 処 | U+51E6, &#20966; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51E6 |
| ← 凥 [U+51E5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 凧 → [U+51E7] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 處 |
| Shinjitai | 処 |
| Simplified | 处 |

### Han character

処 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹水竹弓 (HEHN), composition ⿺夂几)

#### Derived characters

* 拠, 𦍶, 處, 𠙚, 𧊃, 𠝪, 𭆔

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 134, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1745
* Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 276, character 13
* Unihan data for U+51E6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 処 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Small seal scripts10638 ||||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||||
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 夂 + 几 (“table”).

### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 処 – see 處 (“to reside; to live; to dwell; to be situated in; to be in; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of 處).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03607-003

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 処 |
| Kyūjitai | 處 |

### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 處)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)
* Kun: おる (oru, 処る)、おく (oku, 処く)、か (ka, 処)、く (ku, 処)、こ (ko, 処)、と (to, 処)、とこ (toko, 処)、ところ (tokoro, 処)

#### Compounds

* 彼(あし)処(こ) (ashiko), 彼(あそ)処(こ) (asoko), 彼(あ)処(こ) (ako), 彼(あす)処(こ) (asuko), 彼(か)処(こ) (kako), 彼(かし)処(こ) (kashiko)
* 何(いず)処(く) (izuku), 何(いず)処(こ) (izuko), 何(いど)処(こ) (idoko), 何(ど)処(こ) (doko)
* 区(く)処(しょ) (kusho)
* 此(こ)処(こ) (koko)
* 酒(さけ)処(どころ) (sakedokoro)
* 死(し)処(しょ) (shisho)
* 住(すみ)処(か) (sumika)
* 随(ずい)処(しょ) (zuisho)
* 善(ぜん)処(しょ) (zensho)
* 其(そ)処(こ) (soko)
* 対(たい)処(しょ) (taisho)
* 処(ところ)々(どころ) (tokorodokoro), 処(ところ)処(どころ) (tokorodokoro)
* 同(どう)処(しょ) (dōsho)
* 目(め)処(ど) (medo)
* 出(しゅっ)処(しょ) (shussho)
* 処(しょ)遇(ぐう) (shogū)
* 処(しょ)刑(けい) (shokei)
* 処(しょ)決(けつ) (shoketsu)
* 処(しょ)女(じょ) (shojo)
* 処(しょ)世(せい) (shosei)
* 処(しょ)生(せい)訓(くん) (shoseikun)
* 処(しょ)断(だん) (shodan)
* 処(しょ)置(ち) (shochi)
* 処(しょ)罰(ばつ) (shobatsu)
* 処(しょ)分(ぶん) (shobun)
* 処(しょ)方(ほう) (shohō)
* 処(しょ)理(り) (shori)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 処
* ところ Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 處 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 処 – see the following entry. :
| 【所ところ】3 | [noun] a place, a scene, a site; an address [noun] a figurative place that facilitates or promotes something; a point in time or state of affairs [noun] a state of being [noun] (after a plain verb) about to [noun] (after a verb in the past tense) just [noun] (after a verb in the progressive ている) indicates the current state, or how you have progressed so far in a chain of actions [noun] (after a verb in the past tense) at that point in time, upon [noun] (literary, calque of Literary Chinese 所 (suǒ)) Attaches to verbs to form noun phrases, meaning the object of that verb. |
| 【所とこ】3 | [noun] (informal, spoken) Alternative form of 所 (tokoro) |
| 【所と】3 | [affix] place |
(This term, 処, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

#### Related terms

* 至(いた)る処(ところ) (itarutokoro)
* 御(お)食(しょく)事(じ)処(どころ) (o-shokujidokoro)
* 止(と)め処(ど) (tomedo)
* 捕(と)らえ処(どころ) (toraedokoro)
* 泣(な)き処(どころ) (nakidokoro)
* 使(つか)い処(どころ) (tsukaidokoro)
* 火傷(やけど) (yakedo)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 処
* こ Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 處 (kyūjitai)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞]

#### Suffix

処(こ) • (-ko)
* (not productive) place

##### Derived terms

* 彼(あし)処(こ) (ashiko), 彼(あそ)処(こ) (asoko), 彼(あ)処(こ) (ako), 彼(あす)処(こ) (asuko), 彼(か)処(こ) (kako), 彼(かし)処(こ) (kashiko)
* 何(いず)処(く) (izuku), 何(いず)処(こ) (izuko), 何(いど)処(こ) (idoko), 何(ど)処(こ) (doko)
* 此処(ここ) (koko)
* 其処(そこ) (soko)
* 都(みやこ) (miyako)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 処
* か Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 處 (kyūjitai)
Likely related to 処(こ) (-ko, “place”) above.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠]

#### Suffix

処(か) • (-ka)
* (not productive) place

##### Derived terms

* 住処(すみか) (sumika)
* 在(あ)り処(か) (arika)
* 奥処(おくか) (okuka)
* 壁(かべ) (kabe)
* 岡(おか) (oka)
* 中(なか) (naka)
* 陸(くが) (kuga)

## Korean
### Hanja

処 (eum 처 (cheo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

処: Hán Nôm readings: xứ, xử
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